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1967 Thomas Vox catalog
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The 1967 Vox product fold out catalog features the new V1143 and the continuation of the V1142 VOX Beatle amplifiers. A major typographical error can be noted in the product description of the "V1142" Beatle amp. The V1142 did not have the distortion, or "fuzz" effect, so it would have a three, not a four button foot pedal. The catalog shows a four button pedal with the V1142 offering.
Thomas Organ dug deeply into their Vox artist endorsee picture files to make the cover of this catalog. From left to right one will see Phil Volk from Paul Revere and the Raiders, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, Chas Chandler of the Animals, Paul Revere of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Hilton Valentine of the Animals, the late Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, the late Drake Levin of Paul Revere and the Raiders, and again Phil Volk, this time also with Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Of all of the stars shown on this cover, only Paul Revere and the Raiders played the Vox gear offered in the United States by Thomas Organ. The rest of these artists depicted from this era played Vox amps made by JMI Vox in the UK. Having owned US Vox amps in the 1960s, I always wondered why I could not get the same tones on these amps that the Beatles and others had on their recordings. Thomas Vox preferred that I not figure that out!
In addition to all the Vox amps, organs, guitars, and effects offered by Vox in 1967, this catalog also offered, of all things, Vox banjos. Anything with the Vox name was magical in 1967, the year Vox peaked in the US market.
